By Kaif - Feb 10, 2025 12:44 PM
Ravindra Jadeja vs Joe Root: Team India won by four wickets in the second match of the three-match ODI series between India and England. With this win, Team India has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Captain Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant century in this match for India, but Ravindra Jadeja proved to be the real game changer. He continued his excellent form in bowling and took three wickets. He also took three wickets in the first ODI. Not only this, Jadeja has also kept the bat of Joe Root, who is returning to this format after a long time, silent.
This legendary Indian spinner dismissed Root for the second consecutive ODI. Root did play an innings of 69 runs with the help of six fours in 72 balls, but could not stand against Jadeja. Jaddu got Root caught by Virat Kohli. In the first ODI, Root could score 19 runs in 31 balls. Then Jadeja got him out LBW.
| Batsman | How many times dismissed |
|---|---|
| Joe Root (England) | 13 |
| Steve Smith (Australia) | 11 |
| Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) | 10 |
| Pat Cummins (Australia) | 9 |
| Jos Buttler (England) | 8 |
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If we talk about international statistics, then Jadeja's number one victim is Joe Root. In all three formats, Jadeja has dismissed Joe Root the most number of times. Jadeja has dismissed Root 13 times in international cricket. Against this left-arm spinner, Root has scored runs at an average of 25.20 and a strike rate of 85.71 in all three formats. After this, Australia's Steve Smith (11 times) and Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews (10 times) come next in Jadeja's victim list.
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Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Root for the fifth time in ODIs. He equaled former New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult for dismissing Root the most number of times in ODIs. Both have dismissed Root five times each in ODIs. Against Boult, Root has scored 96 runs in ODIs at an average of 19.2. At the same time, against Jadeja, Root has scored 126 runs in ODIs at an average of 25.2. He is followed by Mitchell Santner. Santner has dismissed Root thrice in ODIs. During this period, Root has scored 136 runs at an average of 45.3. Jadeja has dismissed Root caught out, LBW, stumped and clean bowled twice in the last five ODI innings.
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